I spent 9 hours in Qatar Airways' newest airport lounge. It had perks, but the quiet rooms felt like a dentist's office.

When I planned my family's trip to Southern Italy — including a stop at the Amalfi Coast — for the end of July, I knew enough to expect it'd be hot and crowded.

This earnings season, global travel leaders have agreed that the industry is in a slowdown. An exception to that, however, has been the Middle East, which bosses like Accor’s Sebastien Bazin noted was the operator’s best-performing region in the second quarter.

As someone who's traveled to over 40 countries, there was one thing I never checked off my travel bucket list: flying business class. I always walked past the lie-flat seats and dreamed one day I would be able to.

Qatar Airways has gone back and forth on what to do with its Airbus A380s.

American Express and Avios have teamed up to make Membership Rewards even more rewarding.

Earlier this year, Air France-KLM spoke out about the challenges the airline faced in reinstating flights between Europe and China to what they were pre-pandemic. 

Indian carrier IndiGo announced on Monday it would be launching business class service for the high-demand Delhi-Mumbai route. The new top-tier cabin is due to start in mid-November.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Camille Fahrnbauer, a 26-year-old travel nurse from Georgia currently working in New Zealand. It's been edited for length and clarity.

Starting in 2025, passengers on Turkish Airlines long-haul flights can enjoy a luxurious new business class. Known as Crystal Business Class, the upgraded cabins come with lie-flat seats, sliding doors, and high-tech amenities, putting the Istanbul-based carrier on par with global airlines such as Qatar Airways, Air France, and Lufthansa—all of which have announced or rolled out swanky new lie-flat business-class suites as of late.

Turkish Airlines unveiled a new business-class product called Crystal at the Farnborough Airshow in July.

At six million acres, New York’s Adirondack Park is the size of Vermont, and larger than all of New Jersey. A unique mix of state and private property that encompasses mountains, wilderness areas and lakes, the park draws more than 12 million visitors annually who want to hike, paddle, explore and more.

Saudi Arabia has submitted its bid to host the men’s football World Cup in 2034, and for the first time has laid out goals for development of hotels, stadiums, and other parts of its travel economy.